I was appalled at the ignorant and sexist comments of Councilman Frank Quintero, who called the National Coalition For Men (NCFM) a “joke” for demanding an end to the city's sex discrimination in self-defense classes. Do your research,...

A federal jury rejected a Glendale police lieutenant’s claim Friday afternoon that he was harassed and discriminated against because he is Armenian-American.
Jurors deliberated for only a short time in U.S. District Court in Riverside before...

A Glendale resident called on the City Council this week to adopt a proclamation against all hate speech, hate crimes and bullying in the city in response to the silence that's followed Councilman Zareh Sinanyan's apology for writing threatening and...

A federal trial sought by five Armenian American Glendale police officers who are suing the city for alleged discrimination and harassment has been pushed back again and now isn't expected to start until November.
Trial had originally been set to...

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A federal trial sought by five Armenian American Glendale police officers who are suing the city for alleged discrimination and harassment has been pushed back again and now isn’t expected to start until November.
Trial had originally been set to start in March in the case involving Officers Vahak Mardikian, Tigran Topadzhikyan, Robert Parseghian, John Balian and Benny Simonzad. It first was moved to July, and then earlier this month was pushed back again to...

A Glendale police officer will be reinstated as a sergeant after successfully appealing his demotion, which came after officials claimed he pressured and harassed fellow officers.
The city’s Civil Service Commission rescinded the demotion of Sgt. Vahak Mardikian’s in a 4-0 vote on Wednesday night after deliberating for more than an hour in closed session. Mardikian was emotional as he hugged his wife outside the City Council’s chamber following the commission’s decision.
His...

Though it’s only the first day of the new year, the calendar is already packed for the Jewel City. A plastic bag ban goes into effect this year, the Museum of Neon Art is slated to open, the city looks to see how Chief Robert Castro will run the police department, and a crop of new fire recruit begins its training.
On the legal front, the criminal trial of former Councilman John Drayman is set to begin, the federal discrimination lawsuits brought by four Glendale police officers are on schedule,...

By limiting free self-defense classes to women only, the city of Glendale and its Commission on the Status of Women is violating federal and state civil rights laws that protect against sexual discrimination, according to a letter sent this month to city officials by the National Coalition for Men.
"Just because you have a penis doesn't mean you come out of the womb with a black belt in karate," Harry Crouch, president of the San Diego-based nonprofit that aims to end harmful gender-based stereotypes,...

An alleged lack of promotion and diversity in supervisory positions within the Glendale Police Department signaled the “good old boys were alive and well in Glendale,” Lt. Tigran Topadzhikyan’s attorney told jurors Tuesday as the trial in his federal discrimination lawsuit got underway.
Topadzhikyan, who claims he was often passed over for promotions because he is Armenian, was unfairly subjected to internal investigations despite being harassed and threatened, his attorney Bradley...

Re: “Let’s talk about bigotry in Glendale,” op-ed, Nov. 13. I read with interest the latest Armenian charge of bigotry in the Glendale News-Press by William Bairamian. Since I have lived a long time in Glendale, there have been several cycles of bigotry and hatred aimed at various ethnic groups — not just Armenians.
Frankly, I am getting confused about all of this hate. Who I am supposed to hate when I get up in the morning? Is there a list somewhere posted on the Internet, so I...

Q. Home improvement store Lowe's has pulled its advertising from the TLC reality show “All-American Muslim” because of a campaign by the conservative Florida Family Assn. The FFA claims that “'All-American Muslim' is propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda’s clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values.” Residents in Dearborn, Mich., where the show is filmed, called the move “a slap in the face of our rich American diversity.”
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